Terms of Service

• House, 56th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 11/23/1959
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  

(1) Neil Caldwell, in special election 1/9/1960, sworn 2/22/1960, succeeded Sam H. Bass, Jr., resigned 11/23/1959. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

• Photograph. Sam Bass, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Sam H. Bass, Jr., Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Sam Bass, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• United States Navy, World War II. Corpsman at a Navy hospital in California. Obituary, 5/8/2003. Houston Chronicle .

Committee Information

• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Commerce and Manufacturers (Chair) 
• Federal Relations (Vice Chair) 
• Game and Fisheries  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Aged Citizens  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
• Highways and Roads  
• Labor  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools